The BIOS-3 closed ecosystem in Siberia sustains human life autonomously by creating a micro-Earth.

Wind brought down power lines but one week later some locals are freezing as thermometers plunge to minus 20C.

American chains Hilton and Marriott among the venues that turned away exiled former billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky's political movement.

Pictures prove the gruesome fate of reindeer 'to meet demands for traditional medicines in China and South Korea'.

The Arctic was at the centre of world's attention in recent years, with the Nordic countries now on a steady, but a serious race for dominance in the region.

Pipes are built over bulging and unstable Arctic pingos prone to violent eruptions caused by 'thawing methane gas', as seen twice on the Yamal peninsula this year.

Is increased tourism, or a normal natural cycle, to blame for the rapid growth of spirogyra to 50% of the coastline?

One region alone - Yakutia - has 5 million tons scrap metal dumped in polar regions, an ugly Soviet legacy.

Journey 'in search of my father', as joint Russian-American expedition sets out to bring home crashed wartime Douglas C-47 from tundra.